Chapter 723 An Accident (Part Two)

The second day was the Wanshou Festival. The Spring Festival had just been over, but the city was filled with joy, again. Xiao Yuanshan came to the palace early in the morning. According to the tradition, Xia Huanyu would hold a birthday banquet in the Taiji Palace at noon today. As Yun Shang was a woman, she didn't have to go to the banquet at noon. But there was still a palace banquet in the evening, so she had to attend it. Luo Qingyan was in a coma because of being poisoned, so he didn't have to go to the palace.

From the street outside came bursts of firecrackers. Yun Shang asked Qin Yi to shut the windows and the room was a little quieter.

Qian Zhuo lifted the curtain and walked in. She frowned and complained, "why do I feel that there are more eyes watching us outside our mansion today?"

Yun Shang was playing chess with Luo Qingyan. Hearing this, her hand holding a chess piece paused for a moment. She looked up at Qian Zhuo and asked softly, "How many more are there?"

"There should be forty or fifty people almost surrounding our mansion," Qian Zhuo answered softly.

Yun Shang nodded slightly and put down another piece on the chessboard. Then she ordered Qian Zhuo, "Send a few secret guards out of the mansion now to go to the State of Ning to see if my mother is really fine. Ask them to report to me directly as soon as they are back."

Qian Zhuo frowned. Yesterday, Her Highness told her that Lady Jin would be fine. However, although she was a little confused, she quickly responded and turned around to perform her task.

"When I was in the palace yesterday, I heard that there was an urgent report from the frontier. Did Cangjue Qingsu start the war?" asked Yun Shang wh

ine. Luo Qingyan was still in the mansion, and there were many secret guards in it, but her face suddenly turned pale...

There was a dead silence in the hall. With a bit of anger, Xia Huanyu asked, "What happened? Let's go and have a look. "

As Xia Huanyu spoke, he quickly walked down from the throne. When Yun Shang came to her senses, she quickly stood up and winked at Qian Zhuo. She ordered Qian Zhuo to send the secret guards back to the mansion to inquire about the news, and she then hurriedly followed behind Xia Huanyu.

As Xia Huanyu was about to leave the palace, the imperial guards brought hundreds of people with them. They hurried out of the palace and headed straight for Prince Rui's mansion.

It was completely dark outside. Before they arrived at Prince Rui's mansion, they saw a faint flame in the direction of his mansion, though the flame was not too strong. Yun Shang frowned. She was afraid that someone had missed fire to some yards in the mansion.

When they arrived at Prince Rui's mansion, they smelled a strong smell of blood. The dead bodies of the doormen fell at the door, blood all over the ground